Natural environment

Natural environment

Related to any physical feature of the earth's natural environment.

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pedal laceration

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A type of asexual reproduction in some sea anemones in which parts of the pedal disc break off and are left behind as the anemone moves.

hotspot

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An environmentally endangered region that is both rich in species and found nowhere else.

goatfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Any species of bony fishes in the family Mullidae. Goatfishes, also called surmullets, are elongate, moderately sized fishes which are characterized by a pair of long, tactile ...

macroevolution

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Evolution on the grand scale resulting in the origin of higher taxa.

coefficient of variation

Natural environment; Coral reefs

In statistics, it refers to the standard deviation of a distribution divided by the distribution's mean, providing a standardized measure of the variation in a distribution, which ...